Solar Panel Cleaning in Bethany, OR

Clearly Amazing crews cleaning solar panels on Bethany homes and commercial buildings come from our Portland / Tigard office. They rinse with deionized water, scrub with soft brushes and use eco-friendly products. Pressure is not part of it, and crews never stand on the panels.

Call (503) 255-2532 for a free on-site estimate.

A ground-mounted array at PCC Rock Creek

A Portland Community College news item dated February 8, 2012 said the college would build a 35,000-square-foot ground-mounted solar array at its Rock Creek Campus. PCC’s August 29, 2012 follow-up said the array was introduced to the public in May 2012 and that sheep from the school’s farm “will help keep weeds away from the panels by grazing around, and under it.”

Neither item speaks to cleaning the panels.

Solar access in two North Bethany communities’ covenants

The recorded covenants of the Abbey Creek and North Bethany Commons communities say their architectural review committee “may consider siting, shape, size, color, design, height, solar access or other effect on the enjoyment of other Lots or the Common Area.” The covenants do not say what they mean by solar access, and the sentence says nothing about cleaning. It covers those two communities only.

Oregon law and County permits

Oregon’s planned-community statute, ORS 94.778, says a homeowners association may adopt and enforce “reasonable size, placement or aesthetic requirements” on solar panels. Washington County’s Residential Buildings page lists “prescription solar” permits among those filed through its Building and Development Application Services portal. Neither mentions cleaning panels.

Owner-occupied and detached homes in the Census data

In the Census Bureau’s 2024 five-year estimates, about 7,782 of the Bethany area’s 11,728 occupied units (66.4 percent) are owner-occupied, and about 8,113 housing units are detached one-unit homes.

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North Bethany to the Bannister Creek Greenway

North Bethany is the area covered by Washington County’s North Bethany Subarea Plan (November 2024 edition): land north of NW Springville Road, except the Arbor Oaks Subarea. Bannister Creek Greenway is a natural area along Bannister Creek in the Bethany neighborhood, north of Highway 26.

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